In my experience if you think its time to move, commit to it 100% or not at all. Offers to stay tend to be full of bullshit. I have fielded 3 offers to stay i

In my experience if you think its time to move, commit to it 100% or not at all. Offers to stay tend to be full of bullshit. I have fielded 3 offers to stay instead of moving on, and the only one I regretted was the offer I accepted. 2 of these times, I was basically being offered a "Promotion" but in in both cases it was seat warming duty while the owner ran for the exit. In 1 of these cases I ended up as a consultant at the acquiring firm, for nearly twice the money, having to coax the seat warmers who took the position I was offered through the process of integrating the acquisition. Those arent internal moves but the last example isnt far off. Also: I found that if you are concerned about damaging the relationship, the relationship isnt that strong / worth holding on to.